Dennis Rocks, consulting engineer for Jackson Leonard Associates, comments on the Patrick farm project at a town of Ramapo planning board meeting at Ramapo town hall on Jan. 16, 2013. ( John Meore/The Journal News )

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A state Supreme Court justice has dismissed three lawsuits challenging prior actions by the Town of Ramapo that enable a nearly 500-home development to be built on the environmentally sensitive Patrick Farm site in Ramapo.

The 2010 lawsuits filed by opponents of the project challenge the town's approval of a zone change permitting multifamily housing at the 208-acre site, an amendment to the town's master plan and its acceptance of an environmental study by the developers.

Opponents Milton and Sonya Shapiro and Elizabeth Youngewirth, who live near Patrick Farm, and the Village of Pomona ...